Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.312

c6.312

Then from the point of good workmanship, the illustrated *Kalpasūtra* manuscript in the collection of Upādhyāya Sohanvijayajī of Vijayānanda Surīśvarajinā Saṅghādā may be noted. The manuscript is dated 1466 A.D., and has forty miniatures. The following miniatures are reproduced :—Harinaigamesa carrying the fœtus of Mahāvīra in the sky (Fig. 148),²³ Triśalā telling about her dream to Siddhārtha (Fig. 149)²⁴, Triśalā rejoicing at the movement of the fœtus (Fig. 150),²⁵ the Āmalakī play (Fig. 151)²⁶, distribution of alms and Mahāvīra being carried on a palanquin for the initiation ceremony (Fig. 152),²⁷ plucking of the hair (Fig. 153),²⁸ and the Nirvāṇa of Pārśvanātha (Fig. 154).²⁹